March 9 (UPI) —<\/span> Girls are more likely than boys to think that a lack of talent makes them fail in school, according to the results of a survey published Wednesday by the journal Science Advances.<\/p>\n In the survey of more than 500,000 students in 72 countries, including the United States, this was true even among girls who had similar academic performance as boys, the data showed.\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n In nearly all of the countries included in the survey, there was a “gender-brilliance” stereotype that portrays men as more intelligent or more talented than women, the researchers said.<\/p>\n This stereotype may later hold women back in careers thought to require intelligence and could be related to gender differences in competitiveness, self-confidence and willingness to work in male-dominated occupations such as information and communication technology, they said.\n<\/p>\n “This paper shows the existence of large and widespread gender gaps in attribution of failure to a lack of talent,” wrote the researchers from Paris Dauphine University and the National Center for Scientific Research in France.\n<\/p>\n “These gender gaps are linked to other well-known gender gaps at the country level and across students of different abilities, suggesting that self-selection patterns of girls away from competitive and prestigious careers may also be related to gender norms regarding talent,” they said.<\/p>\n This may contribute to the so-called “glass ceiling,” or cultural and social barriers that prevent women from advancing in certain professions, the researchers said.\n<\/p>\n A study published last year found that children start developing ideas that science, technology, engineering and math courses are more fit for boys as young as six years old.<\/p>\n The new study is based on an analysis of responses to the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment, a survey that is conducted every three years to learn more about the knowledge and skills of 15-year-old students in math, reading and science, the researchers said.<\/p>\n The survey also measured student respondents’ attitudes toward competition, self-confidence and future careers, according to the researchers.\n<\/p>\n The 2018 survey asked respondents their level of agreement with the statement: “When I am failing, I am afraid that I might not have enough talent.”<\/p>\n After analyzing responses to this question, there was evidence of the gender-brilliance stereotype’s impact on girls’ assessment of their talent, despite their academic performance, the researchers said.\n<\/p>\n In 71 of 72 countries included in the survey, girls were more likely than boys to attribute their failure to a lack of talent, the data showed.<\/p>\n This stereotype was strongest in developed or more gender-egalitarian countries, and stronger among high-achieving students.<\/p>\n In the United States, for example, with women’s progress toward workplace equality, “the beliefs that women are less intelligent and competent than men have weakened” but there remains a “focus on women’s lower brilliance,” they said.<\/p>\n In all countries, the stereotype that girls lack raw talent can explain some of the gender gaps in self-confidence, the researchers said.<\/p>\n “The evidence provided in the paper suggests … that exposure to cultural stereotypes about girls’ intellectual abilities and talent leads boys and girls to develop attitudes and preferences that they may not have had otherwise,” the researchers wrote.<\/p>\n “In sending these messages, our culture may needlessly limit the behaviors, preferences, and career options that boys and girls consider,” they said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Teen girls are more likely to blame a lack of talent or intellect for school failures, which researchers say is a result of cultural gender norms, according to a new survey. 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\n<\/div>\nTeen girls are more likely to blame a lack of talent or intellect for school failures, which researchers say is a result of cultural gender norms, according to a new survey. File photo by PathDoc\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n